https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279273152/

Two-day route - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31467226
Three-day tour - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33020945

A ride opportunity for those who want to get out on a longer camping tour for this weekend. It is a repeat of the ride in November 2019 which was quite cool but still very worthwhile.

Commencing on Saturday we take a scenic ride through Raglan and cross the lower ridge of the Great Dividing Range range to camp at Elmhurst Recreation reserve with excellent facilities, hot showers and great flat shady campsites. Sadly the hotel in town is closed so we will need to carry all food for lunches and dinners. On Sunday we can take a loop ride out to Landsborough, or a shorter ride to the Wimmera Hills Winery (just a short ride, 8kms away on the south side of the Pyrenees) and the nearby picnic ground at Glenpatrick. The final day (Monday) is a scenic route to Amphitheatre and over the Divide again to Chute, and returning along the quiet roads through Waterloo to Beaufort.

A second group may be able to come up with us on Saturday for just the overnight, and do the return to Beaufort on Sunday.

This is a fairly easy ride with really just the one short steep hill each day. Bring all requirements; there is no shop along the route but there will be supplies available at the beginning in Beaufort. All meals must be carried.

Grade E-M. Distance 148kms/89 kms

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279273152/

Two-day route - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31467226
Three-day tour - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33020945

A ride opportunity for those who want to get out on a longer camping tour for this weekend. It is a repeat of the ride in November 2019 which was quite cool but still very worthwhile.

Commencing on Saturday we take a scenic ride through Raglan and cross the lower ridge of the Great Dividing Range range to camp at Elmhurst Recreation reserve with excellent facilities, hot showers and great flat shady campsites. Sadly the hotel in town is closed so we will need to carry all food for lunches and dinners. On Sunday we can take a loop ride out to Landsborough, or a shorter ride to the Wimmera Hills Winery (just a short ride, 8kms away on the south side of the Pyrenees) and the nearby picnic ground at Glenpatrick. The final day (Monday) is a scenic route to Amphitheatre and over the Divide again to Chute, and returning along the quiet roads through Waterloo to Beaufort.

A second group may be able to come up with us on Saturday for just the overnight, and do the return to Beaufort on Sunday.

This is a fairly easy ride with really just the one short steep hill each day. Bring all requirements; there is no shop along the route but there will be supplies available at the beginning in Beaufort. All meals must be carried.

Grade E-M. Distance 148kms/89 kms

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279273152/

Two-day route - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31467226
Three-day tour - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33020945

A ride opportunity for those who want to get out on a longer camping tour for this weekend. It is a repeat of the ride in November 2019 which was quite cool but still very worthwhile.

Commencing on Saturday we take a scenic ride through Raglan and cross the lower ridge of the Great Dividing Range range to camp at Elmhurst Recreation reserve with excellent facilities, hot showers and great flat shady campsites. Sadly the hotel in town is closed so we will need to carry all food for lunches and dinners. On Sunday we can take a loop ride out to Landsborough, or a shorter ride to the Wimmera Hills Winery (just a short ride, 8kms away on the south side of the Pyrenees) and the nearby picnic ground at Glenpatrick. The final day (Monday) is a scenic route to Amphitheatre and over the Divide again to Chute, and returning along the quiet roads through Waterloo to Beaufort.

A second group may be able to come up with us on Saturday for just the overnight, and do the return to Beaufort on Sunday.

This is a fairly easy ride with really just the one short steep hill each day. Bring all requirements; there is no shop along the route but there will be supplies available at the beginning in Beaufort. All meals must be carried.

Grade E-M. Distance 148kms/89 kms

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279416071/

An extension from the Elmhurst weekend, to spend some time travelling to and through the Grampians, at an ideal time of year when the roads are firmer and the wildflowers are in bloom. This is an extended camping tour involving several bush camps, and riders need to be quite self-sufficient regarding equipment and ability to carry food for several days.

We will leave Beaufort on Tuesday 21st September to travel across the western plains for two days then arrive in Halls Gap on Thursday. From here we will resupply to travel through the ranges for four days away from all services. We will visit the Victoria Range, Buandik rock art site, McKenzie Falls, the Difficult Range, and the spectacular cliffs and caves of the northern Grampians. Returning close to Halls Gap we will stay at Pomonal, before a final short ride to Ararat for the train home.

This ride is of necessity train-based, but trains running to Ararat are generally running with plenty of space. I will limit it to 10 riders for practical reasons.

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279416071/

An extension from the Elmhurst weekend, to spend some time travelling to and through the Grampians, at an ideal time of year when the roads are firmer and the wildflowers are in bloom. This is an extended camping tour involving several bush camps, and riders need to be quite self-sufficient regarding equipment and ability to carry food for several days.

We will leave Beaufort on Tuesday 21st September to travel across the western plains for two days then arrive in Halls Gap on Thursday. From here we will resupply to travel through the ranges for four days away from all services. We will visit the Victoria Range, Buandik rock art site, McKenzie Falls, the Difficult Range, and the spectacular cliffs and caves of the northern Grampians. Returning close to Halls Gap we will stay at Pomonal, before a final short ride to Ararat for the train home.

This ride is of necessity train-based, but trains running to Ararat are generally running with plenty of space. I will limit it to 10 riders for practical reasons.

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279416071/

An extension from the Elmhurst weekend, to spend some time travelling to and through the Grampians, at an ideal time of year when the roads are firmer and the wildflowers are in bloom. This is an extended camping tour involving several bush camps, and riders need to be quite self-sufficient regarding equipment and ability to carry food for several days.

We will leave Beaufort on Tuesday 21st September to travel across the western plains for two days then arrive in Halls Gap on Thursday. From here we will resupply to travel through the ranges for four days away from all services. We will visit the Victoria Range, Buandik rock art site, McKenzie Falls, the Difficult Range, and the spectacular cliffs and caves of the northern Grampians. Returning close to Halls Gap we will stay at Pomonal, before a final short ride to Ararat for the train home.

This ride is of necessity train-based, but trains running to Ararat are generally running with plenty of space. I will limit it to 10 riders for practical reasons.

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279416071/

An extension from the Elmhurst weekend, to spend some time travelling to and through the Grampians, at an ideal time of year when the roads are firmer and the wildflowers are in bloom. This is an extended camping tour involving several bush camps, and riders need to be quite self-sufficient regarding equipment and ability to carry food for several days.

We will leave Beaufort on Tuesday 21st September to travel across the western plains for two days then arrive in Halls Gap on Thursday. From here we will resupply to travel through the ranges for four days away from all services. We will visit the Victoria Range, Buandik rock art site, McKenzie Falls, the Difficult Range, and the spectacular cliffs and caves of the northern Grampians. Returning close to Halls Gap we will stay at Pomonal, before a final short ride to Ararat for the train home.

This ride is of necessity train-based, but trains running to Ararat are generally running with plenty of space. I will limit it to 10 riders for practical reasons.

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Bicycle-Touring-Club/events/279416071/

An extension from the Elmhurst weekend, to spend some time travelling to and through the Grampians, at an ideal time of year when the roads are firmer and the wildflowers are in bloom. This is an extended camping tour involving several bush camps, and riders need to be quite self-sufficient regarding equipment and ability to carry food for several days.

We will leave Beaufort on Tuesday 21st September to travel across the western plains for two days then arrive in Halls Gap on Thursday. From here we will resupply to travel through the ranges for four days away from all services. We will visit the Victoria Range, Buandik rock art site, McKenzie Falls, the Difficult Range, and the spectacular cliffs and caves of the northern Grampians. Returning close to Halls Gap we will stay at Pomonal, before a final short ride to Ararat for the train home.

This ride is of necessity train-based, but trains running to Ararat are generally running with plenty of space. I will limit it to 10 riders for practical reasons.